Feed for planters.



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E. T. BASKIN. FEED FOR PLANTERS.

(Application flied Oct 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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EDW'IN THOMPSON BASKIN, OF MALTA BEND, MISSOURI.

FEED FOR PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,429, dated January16, 1900.

' Application filed October 14, 1899. Serial No. 733,655. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN THOMPSON BAS- KIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Malta Bend, in the county of Saline and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feeds forPlanters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the inven-' tion, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in feeds forgrain-drills; and its object, among other things, is to provide a feedof simple and durable construction,- rendering cogs, springs, and othercomplicated machinery heretofore used in this connection unnecessary,and which will be accurate, prevent clogging, require a minimum amountof power for operation, and may be readily attached to planters inpresent use.

To these endsthe invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, showing the preferred form ofmy invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the feedapplied to a hopper, a portion of said hopper broken away. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the feed. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig.dis a section on line 4 4, Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of modifiedforms of feeds.

Referring to said figures by letters of reference, A is a hopper havinga small outlet at at the bottom thereof, to one side of which is secureda plate B, from the center of which proj ects a short cylindrical knobO,provided in its under surface with a socket O for the purposehereinafter described. Bearing upon and inclosing this knob O is acup-like cylinder D, to the end D of which is firmly secured a shaft E,driven by any suitable means, as a chain and sprocket. The perimeter orsides of the cylinder D are perforated at desired points, as at d, andthese perforations, which are closed on the inside by the knob O, serveas pockets for the seed, as hereinafter described. Partially inclosingthe sides of the cylinder D are plates, as F, preferably so arrangedthat but two pockets d are exposed at one timee'. (2., one at the topand within the opening in the hopper and the other at the bottom abovethe drill. These plates bear closely against the sides of the revolvingcylinder, and thus keep the seed in pockets thereof until the point ofdischarge is reached.

In operation motion is imparted to the cylinder D by a chain-wheel onthe end of shaft E. Seed will fall from the hopper into the pockets clas they are successively exposed, and is carried therein and protected,as described above, by plates F to the opening of said plates directlyabove the drill, when it is permitted to drop. To prevent clogging ofthe seed within the pockets, a ball, as G, is placed within the socket0'. As the pockets arrive at the place of discharge the ball G comesinto register therewith and dropping partly thereinto forces the seedoutward. This operation is repeated for each pocket, the walls of theemptied pocket forcing the ball back into its socket as the cylindercontinues its revolution.

It is obvious that more than one pocket can be fed and emptied at once,and in Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of cylinder in which a numberof pockets are arranged in series with their corresponding balls andsockets.

In lieu of providing pockets as described, notches,as L, (shown in Fig.6,) may be formed in the cylinder. This form of feed is especiallyadapted for dropping small seeds.

It will be understood that the plates F may, if desired, be madeadjustable to cylinders of different sizes.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right tomake such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described the combination of astationary knob having a socket therein, a cylinder having perforationsor recesses in its periphery, said cylin der adapted to retain a ballloosely seated within said sockets, and plates inclosing the upon theknob, said plates adapted to retain seed within the recesses of thecylinder when revolving in either direction, substantially as sides ofthe cylinder and spaced apart at the top and bottom thereof, for thepurpose and substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described described. I 5 5 thecombination, with a hopper, of plates se- In testimony whereof I affiXmy signature cured to the bottom thereof, a knob, a cylinin presence oftwo Witnesses. der mounted on said knob and between the y T y 7 plates,a ball looselymounted Within a socket DDWIA HIOMPSON BASMN' in the knoband adapted to register with re- Witnesses: to cesses formed within theperiphery of the cyl- EBENEZER ROZELL,

inder, and means for revolving said cylinder J NO. '1. LINE.

